EU-27: Bovine slaughtered (tons)

This page contains the data on the tons of Bovine Slaughtered in the European Union, in terms of carcass weight. The data are collected on a monthly basis and divided by EU country.

In addition to providing complete and accurate information, the page aims to rightly place Italy within the European context and to encourage the comparison with the other main producing countries of bovines meat.

The first two graphs highlight the share of the single Countries on the total slaughterings of in EU-27, and the the main changes that occurred during the current year.

The tables below report the annual and monthly data on slaughters in EU countries: to obtain the monthly data, simply click on the chosen year in the table header;to access further details on each country, click on the country of interest.

Furthermore, the following entries are made available for the European Union and for each country:

VIEW SLAUGHTERS
in number of heads
  • To view the monthly data, click on the chosen year on the table header
  • To access further details for each Country, click on the Country of interest.
EU-27: Bovine Slaughtered ( Tons)
Country 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 Var % Period
Austria 233.460 229.600 218.370 213.750 210.120 204.560 17.510 17.630 +0,7% Jan '24
Belgium 277.330 263.760 254.520 247.140 238.140 240.170 37.290 41.070 +10,1% Jan - Feb '24
Bulgaria 7.220 5.490 6.240 7.110 7.040 6.980 660 760 +15,2% Jan '24
Cyprus 5.280 5.620 4.650 5.900 5.500 5.050 480 620 +29,2% Jan '24
Croatia 43.780 45.430 43.370 43.180 41.230 41.180 3.330 3.340 +0,3% Jan '24
Denmark 129.200 124.600 121.200 122.200 119.000 117.720 9.570 9.770 +2,1% Jan '24
Estonia 8.570 8.570 8.910 8.700 8.380 7.660 1.260 1.280 +1,6% Jan - Feb '24
Finland 86.480 87.180 86.510 85.670 83.980 85.390 13.590 14.650 +7,8% Jan - Feb '24
France 1.460.000 1.428.470 1.434.590 1.424.330 1.361.320 1.301.430 213.500 217.130 +1,7% Jan - Feb '24
Germany 1.102.000 1.106.000 1.090.000 1.072.050 987.470 992.950 81.460 85.170 +4,6% Jan '24
Greece 39.650 33.460 34.710 33.030 35.540 35.670 3.340 2.920 -12,6% Jan '24
Ireland 622.560 619.810 633.390 594.510 621.430 599.810 97.370 104.590 +7,4% Jan - Feb '24
Italy 809.230 779.810 732.270 747.880 747.230 619.860 49.040 54.680 +11,5% Jan '24
Latvia 15.870 14.780 14.510 15.530 14.530 16.430 1.140 1.490 +30,7% Jan '24
Lithuania 40.280 42.450 41.750 43.700 42.300 43.130 3.540 3.530 -0,3% Jan '24
Luxembourg 9.880 10.200 10.240 10.500 9.720 9.510 1.530 1.600 +4,6% Jan - Feb '24
Malta 1.080 1.020 1.160 1.040 1.030 1.090 180 190 - Jan - Feb '24
Netherlands 459.210 424.310 432.850 429.650 421.520 435.450 35.180 39.030 +10,9% Jan '24
Poland 564.730 560.470 559.400 555.120 540.600 514.710 41.840 50.850 +21,5% Jan '24
Portugal 93.780 92.040 97.790 102.990 103.780 98.430 7.090 8.350 +17,8% Jan '24
Czech Republic 71.580 72.890 72.520 72.560 68.580 70.230 5.850 6.170 +5,5% Jan '24
Romania 49.940 43.550 32.200 36.190 35.620 31.470 4.860 5.240 +7,8% Jan - Feb '24
Slovakia 8.130 8.270 7.940 9.030 7.780 7.230 630 590 -6,3% Jan '24
Slovenia 34.870 35.740 36.510 37.560 36.060 33.250 2.620 2.650 +1,1% Jan '24
Spain 669.010 695.190 677.750 717.890 731.540 694.880 53.290 59.690 +12,0% Jan '24
Sweden 136.870 139.670 141.010 135.800 135.240 138.180 21.460 23.780 +10,8% Jan - Feb '24
Hungary 29.160 29.750 28.080 28.930 25.690 23.210 3.950 3.500 -11,4% Jan - Feb '24
TOTAL EU 7.009.150 6.908.130 6.822.440 6.801.940 6.640.370 6.375.630 522.470 559.490 +7,1% Jan '24
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -1,4% -1,2% -0,3% -2,4% -4,0%      
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Source: Eurostat

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